"I didn't think my career would end this way," Piniella said on MLB.com, Major League Baseball's official website. "My mom needs me home. She hasn't gotten better since I've been here. In fact, she's had a couple complications."

Voted manager of the year three time, Piniella exits as the 14th-winningest manager in the major league.

The 66-year-old entered Sunday's game with 1,835 wins in 22 big league seasons with the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays and Cubs.

He won three World Series, two as a player and one as manager of the Reds in 1990.